Polls have repeatedly indicated an uphill battle for attorney Molly Munger and other backers of a ballot measure that would increase income taxes on all but the poorest Californians to benefit public …

Gov. Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown has always been a little bit ahead of his time. He once proposed a satellite communications network way before it became the standard communications technology. He was one …

Gov. Jerry Brown was at the Chronicle Tuesday for an editorial board meeting (mostly to sell his tax plan), and we asked him about how Gavin Newsom is doing in the number two, largely ceremonial, spot …